Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23
MINNESOTA.

"A very interesting farmers institute
wns closed in Bird Island lately.
Tho Minnesota Business Mems asso-
,iation hns adjourned at Mankato.
"A man named John Murray was found
dead on q railroad track at Duluth.
High license has driven nine saloon
keepers out of business at Mankato.
The Brotherhood of locomotive engi.
neers has organized a branch at Duluth.
DIR. B. b. Baker, of Minneapolis,
committed suicide by shooting himself
Albert Helerfritz was killed and four
fremen injured in st. Paul by collision.
A 'solitary" of thirty cells to cost
$4,000 is to be added to the Saltwater
prison.
Saltwater has decided to erect q new
$4,000 school building. The site cost
$500.
The county auditor of Freeborn has
paid $513 as gopher bounties within the
past few weeks.
Chicago aud Boston commercial
drumners nre being entertained by the
merchants of Twin cities.
The twenty first anniversary meeting
of the Central Minnesota Baptist Assoca-
tion was held at Brownsville.
The st. Paul carpenters held mass
meeting which was largely attended and
it was agreed to continue the strike.
The Southwestern Minnesota Editor
ial association will meet in annual conven-
tion at Mankato on the 21st of June.
T. F. jacobson, of Minneapolis, was
drowned while bathing in the Mississippi
near that place. He was 81 years old.
AT st. Paul lately Thomas McCarty
fatally shot Harry Smith, single man for
alleged improper intimacy with his wife.
Heron Lake News: Congressman Mac
Donald is the patentee of new tangled
fire escape. BELL need it in the next cam
paign.
-Four persons were badly injured by q
runaway team at st. Paul, and it is feared
two of the unfortunate people will not
survive.
-Chnrles Lawrence, veteran of Alma
City, Waseca county, has received pen
sion nrrearages of 81 1000 and S24 per
month.
About forty five tramps have been in
Testing the neighborhood OF Oneota for
some time and the authorities would like
10 be rid of them.
Numerous complaints of drouth come
from She southeastern counties, the rains
in that section for two months having been
only local showers.
John Crete, n young Pole, is in Jail
at st. Cloud on n charge of forcibly yio-
latins the person Of young girl, the
daughter OF farmer.
Two hundred Sir Knights are expected
to attend the annual conclave of the Min
nesota grand commaniery, to be held ut
Lake City the oath inst.
II. G. Wilson, Pm. D., from the Gov
eminent observatory at Washington, will
assist Prof. Payne in the astronomical de-
partment at the Nortbfield College.
-Killen and Cardiff have sipnel nm
agreement to fight ut Minneapolis August
s. 1t will be ten rounds, with light gloves,
rs and 25 per cent. of receipts and $3.50
forfeit.
Next after Christiana, Stockholm and
Copenhagen, Minneapolis has the largest
Scandinavian population of any city in the
world. Minneapolis isn't bad city BY
any means.
j. NJ. Mayfeld shot aud perhaps fa-
tally wounded his employer, G. G. Wins
low, sewing machine agent ut Minnenpo-
lis. The trouble grow out of quarrel
over q money affair.
Rev. j. w. Bridges, now Brooklyn,
N. Y, pastor, but formerly resident of
Eau Claire, visited that city recently for the
first time in twenty-three years. He Wits
the guest of D. r. Moon.
Private advices from Perham state TINT
grasshoppers have made their appearance ce
ut that place in great numbers and are de-
stroying the foliage of Ill kinds, leaving
nothing but barren waste.
The Old town of Wilson, Wnseca
county, formerly a tiourishing village, has
been turned back into farming lands. One
hundred and fifteen rem lining lots vera
sold to one purchaser for farm.
Atthe special election ut Browns VAL
ley, 10 vote on the question of issuing bonds
to aid in building the canal between Tray
erse and Big Stone lakes, the proposition
was carried with but one dissenting vote.
The bonds voted are S35,oOO.
Three Rock County boys broke into o
school house, and besides upsetting things
in general, stole few little articles belong
ing to the teacher They were compelled
10 return the property and their parenis
agreed to make good all damage.